Flooding washed out roads and stranded residents in Winchester when heavy rain moved through the state.

Flooding washed out roads and stranded residents in Winchester when heavy rain moved through the state.

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Updated: 12:26 PM EDT Jul 16, 2014

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WEBVTT THAT. ROADS ARE WASHED OUT, AND A TOWN HALL MEETING WAS JUST HELD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CLEAN UP AND DEAL WITH THIS MESS. OUR RAY BREWER IS LIVE IN WINCHESTER. RAY, HOW DOES IT LOOK? WELL, STEPHANIE, THE CLOUDS ARE STILL CLOUDY, BUT AT LEAST THE RAIN HAS STOPPED FOR THE MOMENT. RESIDENTS S THEY HAVE DEALT WITH FLOODING SAY THEY HAVE DEALT -- RESIDENTS SAY THEY HAVE DEALT WITH FLOODING BEFORE, BUT THEY'VE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN. THIS WAS AN OLD COUNTRY ROAD AND IT IS GONE NOW. THE THING CAN BE SAID FOR MANY ROADS. THE RAIN STARTED AROUND SUPPER TIME AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. IN ALL, ABOUT FOUR INCHES OF RAIN CELL IN ABOUT A 12-HOUR SPAN. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS AMOUNT OF WATER SINCE WE HAVE LIVED HERE, AND WE HAVE BEEN INSTANCE 1996. OUTSIDE, PURCELL WROTE WAS MORE OF A RIVER. THE WATER UNDERMINING THE PAVEMENT, EATING AWAY CHUNKS OF THE ROAD. THAT LEFT PAUL DOBBS WITHOUT A WAY TO GET HIS CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. DOBSON SAYS HE WILL BE ALRIGHT AT LEAST FOR SHORT TERM. WE ARE ALL RIGHT FOR FOOD, AND WE CAN WALK DOWN AND WE HAVE FRIENDS WHO CAN DRIVE US TO THE MARKET, SO WE WILL BE ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER NEIGHBOR WAS NOT AS FORTUNATE. FORCED TO EVACUATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AS THE WATER THREATENED TO SURROUND HIS HOME. AS SELECTMEN TOWARD THE TOWN, THE BIGGEST CONCERN -- WHAT HAPPENS IF PEOPLE AT SOME OF THE AFFECTED AREAS NEED HELP? WE HAVE ROADS THAT ARE IMPASSABLE, CANNOT GET TO WORK, WE CANNOT EMERGENCY SERVICES OUT THERE. ROBERTA FRAZIER IS A WINCHESTER NATIVE AND SAYS WHILE THEY HAVE DEALT WITH FLOODS BEFORE, IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THIS. THIS WAS TOTAL DEVASTATION. WE CAN'T HANDLE THIS. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW RIGHT NOW WHERE TO START. WINCHESTER SELECTMEN HELD AN EMERGENCY MEETING THIS MORNING. THAT MORNING HAS RESET. THEY'RE TAKING A TOUR OF THE A REA WITH THE STATE SENATOR. THEY SAY THEY CANNOT HANDLE THE DAMAGED BY THEMSELVES.

Roads destroyed in Winchester flooding

Flooding washed out roads and stranded residents in Winchester when heavy rain moved through the state.